Qingdao Metro

Qingdao Metro
Overview
Owner Qingdao Metro Corporation
Locale Qingdao, Shandong, China
Transit type Rapid transit
Number of lines 2 (start)
5 (planned)
Website http://www.qd-metro.com/
Operation
Operation will start 2015
Operator(s) Qingdao Metro Corporation
Technical
Track gauge 1,435 mm (4 ft 8 12 in) standard gauge
System map

Qingdao Metro
Traditional Chinese 青島地鐵
Simplified Chinese 青岛地铁

Qingdao Metro (Chinese: 青岛地铁) is a metro system under construction as of 2009 in the city of Qingdao, Shandong province in China. The first lines are expected to be completed in 2015.[1]

Construction and plans

The construction of the first line, Line M3, started on November 30, 2009. With 13 billion yuan ($1.9 billion) of funding, it is expected to be completed in late 2015 with a total of 22 stations, a total length of 25.1 km and a daily ridership of 235,000 passengers.[2][3]

Next to be completed will be Line M2, which will have 27 stations and be 29.6 km long, and is currently expected to be finished around 2016-2017. A further line, Line M1, is due to be completed around 2020.

According to the published plans, ultimately there will be 5 lines in total with a combined length of 231.5 km. All work is scheduled to be finished prior to 2050.

Line
Terminals
Operational by
Total Length
in km
Stations
Line 3 (M3) Qingdao Railway Station Qingdaobei Railway Station 13 Aug 2015 25.1 22
Line R1 Miaoling Lu Yantian East 13 Aug 2015 59.2 22
Line 2 (M2) Taishan Lu Licun Park 3 Jan 2016 25.2 22

Second phase

Line
Terminals
Operational by
Total Length
in km
Stations
Line 1 (M1) Jiangshan Lu Dongguozhuang 20 Apr 2017 60.1 39
Line R3 Jialingjiang Lu Dongjiakou Port Town 1 Dec 2017 63.4 21
Line 4 (M4) People's Hall Shazikou 20 Feb 2018 26.6 TBD
Line 6 (M6)
1st Section
Emeishan Lu Huanghe Lu 20 Feb 2018 12.4 TBD

References

External links

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